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Over the last week Ukrainian officials have been insisting that the long-promised counter-offensive is delayed until the West can pony up more tanks, ammunition, artillery and other weapons. But, there has been a noticeable uptick in Ukrainian...
News outlets are dedicating considerable resources to covering election disinformation, the battles over voting rules, and the erosion of trust about our democracy,
A few weeks ago, the Washington Post announced: "President Biden, doubly boosted, is in a much more favorable position to fight COVID-19 than President Donald Trump was before the rollout of vaccines." NPR elaborated: "Even if you're the...
The Return of Gaslighting During the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, the press and political pundits frequently made use of the term “gaslighting” to describe Trump’s approach to the truth. Countless articles (and even a book) outlined the myriad ways Trump obfuscated, lied, and misled the public. “Gaslighting” was the runner-up for 2018 word of the year. What a difference a change of administration makes. Not only have outlets like the Washington Postannounced that there is no need to keep an exhaustive, fact-checking database of the Biden Administration’s lies as it ...
The Trump press corps prepares for a new era At the New York Times, Maggie Haberman will be stepping down from her role as White House correspondent to write a book about the Trump presidency. She will continue covering politics. The Washington Postannounced yesterday that Ashley Parker, who covered the Trump administration closely, will become the paper’s new White House bureau chief, replacing Philip Rucker. And at CNN, Kaitlan Collins will be replacing Jim Acosta as chief White House correspondent. Acosta will become the network’s chief domestic correspondent. ABC, CBS, NPR, and othe...